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Jockey profile

Chris Ward

245 rides in the last 5 seasons · 62 individual horses
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Jul 2025 100% of rides over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2010→)
from 1 Jan 2022
17–245
Wins / Runs
6.9%
Strike rate
n=245
62 (25%)
Placed
0.93
Fair A/E
n=245 · 0.81 incl. margin
−91.60
£1 level stake
n=245 at SP · −37.4%
£212k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 50 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 7% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 0.93). Rides mostly for Deborah Cole — 58% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 245 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Deborah Cole: 8.5% from 142 Claiming: 7.2%
The read

Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 3% (n=67, Fair A/E 0.58). Deborah Cole supplies 58% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (8.5%, A/E 0.94). The rider also reads well in Chase races (18.5%, n=54) and off a 15-30-day break (11.5%, n=78). The record reads poorly on Good to Soft going — 2% over 50 rides, 4.9pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the rider in Hurdle races: Fair A/E 0.70 across 179 rides (3.9% strike, −79.50 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperform what the price implies.

Written from the figures on this page — every claim carries its sample. Descriptive, not a tip.

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.9% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
3.6%−3.3
n=55 · A/E 0.89 · £1 +4.50
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%−6.9
n=17 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −17.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
3%−3.9
n=67 · A/E 0.58 · £1 −48.00
When favourite
60%
n=5 · A/E 2.01 · £1 +4.25
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
7.2%+0.3
n=221 · A/E 0.98 · £1 −72.10
Big fields · 14+ runners
0%−6.9
n=24 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −24.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−6.9
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.9% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, not tips. Tiles under 30 runs render muted. First rides are the first captured pairing of horse and rider; last-time-out winners are horses whose previous captured run was a win; claiming rides are runs where the rider carried a weight claim. Group / Graded covers pattern and listed races.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline
In Chase races 18.5% vs 6.9% · n=54
With horses switching code 12.7% vs 6.9% · n=55
Off a 15-30-day break 11.5% vs 6.9% · n=78
On Good to Soft going 2% vs 6.9% · n=50
In Hurdle races 3.9% vs 6.9% · n=179
On first rides for the horse 3.6% vs 6.9% · n=55
Descriptive splits ranked by divergence × sample — insight, not instruction. Every angle carries its N; nothing under 30 runs qualifies. Rows within 2pts of the baseline appear only when the market-relative read (Fair A/E) diverges, and show it.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Race type

TypeRWSR£1
Hurdle 179 7 3.9% −79.50
Chase 54 10 18.5% −0.10
NH Flat 12 0 0% −12.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 140 11 7.9% −25.85
Good to Soft 50 1 2% −45.00
Soft 42 3 7.1% −14.75
Heavy 7 1 14.3% −4.50
Good to Firm 6 1 16.7% −1.50

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Uttoxeter 41 2 4.9% −18.25
Stratford 31 2 6.5% +28.50
Worcester 29 3 10.3% −3.50
Bangor-on-Dee 19 0 0% −19.00
Warwick 18 0 0% −18.00
Hereford 15 2 13.3% −5.50
Huntingdon 12 1 8.3% −8.00
Fontwell 11 0 0% −11.00
Newton Abbot 6 1 16.7% −2.25
Southwell 6 0 0% −6.00
Market Rasen 6 0 0% −6.00
Leicester 6 2 33.3% +1.00
Cheltenham 6 0 0% −6.00
Plumpton 5 1 20% +4.50
Cartmel 5 1 20% +0.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 117 10 8.5% −13.60
Class 5 100 7 7% −50.00
Class 3 17 0 0% −17.00
Class 2 6 0 0% −6.00
Class 1 5 0 0% −5.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 8 3 37.5% 1.47 +1.25
2nd–3rd fav 46 7 15.2% 0.86 −11.35
4th–6th fav 75 6 8% 1.10 −16.50
7th+ in betting 116 1 0.9% 0.37 −65.00
Fair A/E per band is the tell: near 1.00 the market had it priced right; well above, the wins came where the market didn't expect them.

Rows below n=30 are shown faded — a small sample is a fact, not a trend. Every figure carries its N.

Jumping record

completion over obstacles · same window as header
77.7% completed · 233 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 54 85.2% 0 1 7 0 0
Hurdle 179 75.4% 2 3 39 0 0
Chases and hurdles only — bumpers have no obstacles, so completion is not a question there. F fell · UR unseated rider · PU pulled up · BD brought down · Oth covers refusals, slip-ups, run-outs and the rare disqualification. Non-runners are excluded throughout. Rows under n=30 are shown faded. A descriptive record, not a tip.

Horses ridden

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Imac Wood (FR) 18 4 7 3 Dec 24
Hauraki Gulf (GB) 14 2 9 17 Nov 24
Magistrato (FR) 13 1 7 19 Nov 24
Sir Jack West (IRE) 13 2 6 17 Oct 23
Trickalight (IRE) 12 0 1 11 Sep 24
Sinndarella (IRE) 12 1 4 25 May 24
Chef De Troupe (FR) 10 2 6 17 Jul 24
Quiet Thunder (IRE) 10 1 3 15 Jan 24
Jac Jumper (FR) 9 0 3 11 Dec 24
Floating Rock (GER) 8 0 1 20 Jul 25
Flight Deck (IRE) 8 0 2 29 Nov 24
Alduni's Girl (GB) 7 0 0 3 Oct 24
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 62 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 1 time. Horses with fewer runs aren't listed; search finds any horse since 2005. Runs, wins and places only: a strike rate or a return on a handful of runs is noise, so none is quoted per horse — each horse's full record is on its own page.

By month

strike by month, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
14705731110010120
A jumps rider: the season runs Oct–Apr. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Riding for

same window · biggest samples first
Main yardDeborah Cole
58% of all rides
8.5% SR · A/E 0.94
TrainerRWSR£1
Deborah Cole 142 12 8.5% −77.10
Sarah Hollinshead 36 2 5.6% +20.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2010→
53
Archived wins
£429k
Prize money
2024
Best season · 8 wins
Connectivity (IRE) — Dunraven Windows Handicap Hurdle Chepstow · Apr 2013 · Class 2
£12,021
Boondooma (IRE) — Claim Free Bet Offers At thebookiesoffers.co.uk Handicap Hurdle Chepstow · Oct 2014 · Class 3
£9,747
Bombadero (IRE) — Oswestry Bone Cancer Centre Appeal Handicap Hurdle Ludlow · Apr 2015 · Class 3
£7,798
Notable horses
Imac Wood (FR) Richie Valentine (GB) Bellflower Boy (IRE) Royale Knight (GB) Jayo Time (IRE) Hauraki Gulf (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Kayf Tara (GB) 10% · 2–20
Progeny have won 12.6% of 13,744 runs since 2008 (1,148 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.
Karaktar (IRE) 22.2% · 4–18
Progeny have won 12.7% of 725 runs since 2008 (146 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 9.6% from 261. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 18.6% from 140.
Westerner (GB) 13.3% · 2–15
Progeny have won 12.1% of 11,837 runs since 2008 (941 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 8.5% from 188.
Fast Company (IRE) 7.7% · 1–13
Progeny have won 9.4% of 7,595 runs since 2008 (492 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 12.7% from 558. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 12.8% from 109.
Kapgarde (FR) 7.7% · 1–13
Progeny have won 12.5% of 6,618 runs since 2008 (724 horses).
Leading Light (IRE) 0% · 0–12
Progeny have won 8.2% of 2,204 runs since 2008 (225 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 4.6% from 241.
Top line: the rider's own record with each sire's runners (win %, wins–runs), same window as the header; faded under 30 runs. Beneath it: every run by that sire's progeny in our archive since 2008, as at 28 Oct 2026 — what they have done, not a forecast. A going or a distance is named only where at least 100 progeny runs sit 3 or more points from the sire's own win rate. Distance bands cover Flat and jumps together.

The record

latest 50 of 620 · newest first

The latest 50 of 620 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 11 June 2010 to 20 July 2025.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
20 Jul 25 Stratford Floating Rock (GER)T: Michael Gates Hiorns Hats Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 22f · Good · 8 ran PU 12/1
13 Jul 25 Stratford Hitthekettle (IRE)T: Michael Gates Next Sunday Is Ladies Day Novices' Limited Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 22f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 4th 18/1
13 Jul 25 Stratford Tillmouth (FR)T: James Grassick 2025 Mary Cecilia Beddows Memorial Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 16.5f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 5th 28/1
13 Jul 25 Stratford Floating Rock (GER)T: Michael Gates Esme & Ellie Allsopp Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 18.5f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 4th 33/1
11 Dec 24 Hereford Jac Jumper (FR)T: Deborah Cole Join The Hereford Racing Club Conditional Jockeys' Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 21f · Good To Soft · 13 ran 2nd 9/2
10 Dec 24 Fontwell Shes All Pride (IRE)T: Deborah Cole BetGoodwin Best UK Bookie Mares' Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 19f · Soft · 9 ran 7th 125/1
10 Dec 24 Fontwell Arctic Saint (IRE)T: Deborah Cole BetGoodwin Novices' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 21.5f · Soft · 9 ran 4th 7/2
03 Dec 24 Southwell Imac Wood (FR)T: Deborah Cole Golf And Gallop Package Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran PU 12/1
29 Nov 24 Newbury Flight Deck (IRE)T: Deborah Cole Coral Long Distance Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race)Class 1 · 24f · Soft · 4 ran 4th 8/1
22 Nov 24 Catterick Battle Of Omdurman (GB)T: Deborah Cole Scan Your tote Bet With Raceday-Ready Juvenile Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 15.5f · Good · 7 ran 3rd 10/3
19 Nov 24 Fakenham Magistrato (FR)T: Deborah Cole Weatherbys Hamilton Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Soft · 5 ran 4th 10/1
18 Nov 24 Leicester Arctic Saint (IRE)T: Deborah Cole Join Racing TV Now Conditional Jockeys' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 3rd 4/1
17 Nov 24 Fontwell Hauraki Gulf (GB)T: Deborah Cole BetGoodwin Southern National Handicap ChaseClass 3 · 27.5f · Good · 9 ran 7th 9/2J
13 Nov 24 Ayr Shes All Pride (IRE)T: Deborah Cole LiveScore Bet Open NH Flat Race (GBB Race)Class 5 · 16f · Good · 6 ran 3rd 5/1
13 Nov 24 Ayr Immortal Fame (IRE)T: Deborah Cole LiveScore Bet Best Odds Daily Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 4 · 20.5f · Good · 3 ran 1st 7/5
09 Nov 24 Aintree Magistrato (FR)T: Deborah Cole BoyleSports Choose Wisely Handicap ChaseClass 3 · 16f · Good · 8 ran 2nd 8/1
05 Nov 24 Warwick Imac Wood (FR)T: Deborah Cole JETS Richard Davis Awards Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 20f · Good · 8 ran 6th 6/1
04 Nov 24 Hereford Bosko (IRE)T: Tom Weston Support The Herefordshire Poppy Appeal 'National Hunt' Maiden Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 4 · 19.5f · Good · 6 ran PU 125/1
03 Nov 24 Huntingdon Jac Jumper (FR)T: Deborah Cole Jumps Is Back With Rhino.Bet Novices' Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 4 · 23.5f · Good · 6 ran 4th 11/2
30 Oct 24 Newton Abbot Flight Deck (IRE)T: Deborah Cole Celebrating David Freeman's 35 Years Service Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 21.5f · Heavy · 9 ran 2nd 8/1

Drawn from the whole archive (2005 onwards), so it can include runs outside the window the header statistics cover. Non-runners are not listed. A finish shown in letters is a non-completion (F fell · UR unseated · PU pulled up · BD brought down).

Quick answers

What is Chris Ward's strike rate?
Chris Ward has won 17 of 245 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 6.9% (as at 28 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Chris Ward do best at?
Stratford by strike rate: 2 wins from 31 rides (6.5%) since 2022. Read from the 15 courses with the most rides on the same basis, and only those with at least 30 — a small sample cannot top the list, and a rarely-visited course is not in the comparison.
Which yard does Chris Ward ride most for?
Deborah Cole, with 142 rides since 2022 — 58% of the total. That pairing has won 12 (8.5%).
What is Chris Ward's Fair A/E?
0.93, from 245 rides with a computed fair probability since 2022. Fair A/E compares actual wins with a margin-stripped market expectation, so 1.00 is par: above it the wins came at bigger prices than the margin-free market implied, below it they did not.
Fair A/E compares wins with a margin-stripped market expectation. Favourite-heavy samples — top yards, leading riders — naturally read a few points warm, so 1.05 means "beat the margin-free market read", not "the market underrates this by 5%". Three sample sizes are reported and never blended: runs (n), the ROI basis (n at SP), and the fair-A/E basis (n with a computed fair probability).

Strike rate is wins over all runs (n). ROI is £1 level stakes at SP over runs with a parseable price (n at SP). Fair A/E is wins over margin-stripped market expectation, over runs with a computed fair probability (n fair). The three Ns can legitimately differ and are always shown. Figures as at 28 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).